Shmaltz Brewing Transitions Through Experimentation, featuring Rabbi Jesse Epstein [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #176]
Introduction Having previously featured Shmaltz Brewing Company founder, Jesse Cowan, to discuss the first quarter-century of the company on episode 117 of The Jewish Drinking Show, on that episode, Cowan introduced Jesse Epstein as the new owner of the company. Returning to The Jewish Drinking Show, Epstein is now an ordained rabbi and lays out his […]
A Kosher Wine Concierge Service in Israel, featuring Eli Freedman [The Jewish Drinking Show episode #175]
The newest episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features Eli Freedman speaking on a fascinating kosher wine concierge service in Israel, Cork & Cellar, as well as the newest aspect of this business, the Cork & Cellar Wine Club. In addition to being available below in video format, the episode is also available in podcast […]
List of Kosher For Passover Tequilas 2025
Once again, Supervisores en Calidad Kosher has released its 2025 guide for Passover products, which includes – of interest for readers of this website – tequilas, mezcals, and sotols. They do note on the second page that “hay numerosos productos con certificaciones de agencias reconocidas, especialmente aquellos importados de Israel o EE.UU., que no han […]
Daniel Refusing Gentile Wine [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 171st episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Prof. Caryn Tamber-Rosenau and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss Daniel’s refusal of gentile wine in the first chapter of Daniel:
Beer in the Mishnah [Deleted Video Clip]
In this deleted video clip from the 170th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor John Anthony Dunne and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss beer in the Mishnah:
Tirosh in the Bible [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 170th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Professor John Anthony Dunne and Rabbi Drew Kaplan discuss תירוש (tirosh) in the Bible:
Lovatelli’s New Vermouths at KFWE 2025 [Video]
Similar to speaking with Jonathan Hajdu, who created a new kosher-certified vermouth for the US market, at Royal Wine’s Kosher Food & Wine Experience (KFWE) last year about his vermouth, I had the pleasure of not only trying both of Lovatelli’s new kosher-certified vermouths this week at this year’s KFWE, but also speaking with the […]
The Jew Who Owned George Dickel Whisky, featuring Clay Shwab [The Jewish Drinking Show Episode #169]
Introduction While George Dickel is currently the second-largest distillery in Tennessee, at one time, the George Dickel brand was the largest Tennessee Whisky when it was owned by Victor Emmanuel “Manny” Shwab, who was born and raised as a Jew. To shed some light on this history, the 169th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show features […]
2024 New Riff Update
Following the publication of the 54th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show on New Riff Distilling, featuring its then sales director Mollie Lewis, I began to receive questions from listeners regarding their selling of ḥametz, a topic we had discussed on that episode. Having looked into the matter further, it turns out they have been working […]
Rav Moshe’s Legacy Regarding Sherry Casks [Video Clip]
In this clip from the 159th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, Rabbi Dov Linzer shares about a significant legacy from Rav Moshe Feinstein’s trilogy of teshuvot on whiskey – sherry casks: